ms. brownley. ms. brownley: mr. speaker, please, our country is asking, i'm asking unanimous consent that the house bring up the senate amendment to house joint resolution 59 to open our government and go to conference on a budget so that we will end this republican government shutdown now and get our government back to work for the american people. the speaker pro tempore: as the chair previously advised, that request cannot be entertained absent appropriate clearance. the gentleman from virginia. mr. moran: mr. speaker, i now yield for the purpose of a unanimous consent request to the gentleman from california, mr. takano. mr. takano: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the house bring up the senate amendment to h.j.res. 59 to open the government and go to conference on the budget so that we end this republican shutdown now. the speaker pro tempore: as the chair previously advised, that request cannot be entertained absent appropriate clearance. the gentleman from virginia. mr. moran: m

ms. brown, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida. mr. miller: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members would have five legislative days with which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material they may have on h.r. 3302. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. miller: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. miller: thank you very much, mr. speaker. today is bittersweet, as we mark both the passing of a congressional stalwart, chairman c.w. bill young, and pay a fitting tribute by naming the bay pines veterans medical center in his honor. mr. speaker, while the raw numbers themselves may speak volumes for his dedication to america, it's his personal qualities that i admired the most. when i came to congress in 2001, bill young was one of the first members that welcomed me here. it was on this floor in this chamber, that bill young introduced

would like to thank the gentlelady from florida, the ranking member of the subcommittee of veterans, ms. brown, and i would like to thank chairman miller. we were together, and thank you summary much. i wanted knowledge as well the ranking member of the appropriations committee, ms. lowing, thank you for allowing me to share this evening. the comments and the appreciation and respect i have for bill young. first of all, i would like to say what everybody else has had -- what a great american, what a great patriot. what a great public servant. and bill, may you rest in peace. bill is on the floor, congressman young, chairman young, was on the floor of the house just a few weeks before he passed, and i think that is important to note that he was working every single day to make america better. he loved soldiers and veterans, he loved their families, and it is highly appropriate for him to namedis name so honored, as a veterans hospital. i want to say that it is particularly important to note that congressman young was able to speak to kings and queens and generals and people of high places, but

would like to thank the gentlelady from florida, the ranking member of the subcommittee of veterans, ms. brownand i would like to thank chairman miller. we were together, and thank you summary much. i wanted knowledge as well the ranking member of the appropriations committee, ms. lowing, thank you for allowing me to share this evening. the comments and the appreciation and respect i have for bill young. first of all, i would like to say what everybody else has had -- what a great american, what a great patriot. what a great public servant. and bill, may you rest in peace. bill is on the floor, congressman young, chairman young, was on the floor of the house just a few weeks before he passed, and i think that is important to note that he was working every single day to make america better. he loved soldiers and veterans, he loved their families, and it is highly appropriate for him to have his name so honored, named as a veterans hospital. i want to say that it is particularly important to note that congressman young was able to speak to kings and queens and generals and people of high places,

ms. brown: yes, sir. if we defeat the previous question we can bring up this amendment right now and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from florida, mr. hastings. mr. hastings: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i'm very pleased to yield one minute to the distinguished gentlewoman from texas, ms. ackson lee, at this time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: i thank the distinguished gentleman from florida and the manager and he knows how important this whole bill is to the texas gulf region and i thank him for yielding the time. let me say that there are many things we'd like to fix in this bill but i know there are many texans who are waiting for this bill to pass and i was delighted to work with the texas delegation to strengthen the bill by encouraging nonfederal entities to invest in their harbor maintenance and step in when the army corps of engineers cannot. i'm also del

ms. brown: thank you, mr. chairman. first of all, i want to commend chairman shuster for his -- for restoring the bipartisan nature to our committee and i want to thank congressman rahall, bishop and gibbs for their hard work on this bill. i also want to thank the corps of engineers for their hard work. they have been underfunded and overworked but they've always been there for the american people. the work that they did during hurricane katrina and most recently hurricane sandy should be commended by congress. we already have failed to repair our ports and are falling behind in our international competition. ports like asia, europe, south america and the caribbean all have ports with depths of 50 feet. i agree that we need to fully re-authorize wrrda every two years. but i don't believe that many people are confident that that will happen and in fact it took seven years since re-authorization of the last wrrda bill. i want to review -- i went to a review of the chief report and the army corps made it clear they don't p

broub, you're recognized for two minutes -- ms. brown, you're recognized for two minutes. >> thank you. i keep hearing the senate, the senate. i put the responsibility straight here with the house. we could pass a clean c.r. and you would not be sitting there. and i have done, my entire career, all i could do that veterans would not be caught up with the house and the senate and i don't blame the senate, i thank god for the senate. the bad politics of this house. and at some point, you know, let's don't confuse nobody with facts. now, we're talking about november 1. i want to talk about october 17. the full faithss and credit -- if we default, what will happen to all of the mothers and the spouses and the tricare and the checks that go out period for the v.a.? period. tell us what's going to happen when these people in the house let us default on our credit? what happens to the v.a.? and the people that's been talking to me aren't federal employees. they're contractors. and the contractors are not going to get any back-pay. and they're b

pursuant to the rule, the gentlemen from florida, esther miller, and the gentlewoman from florida, ms. browneach will controlled way minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida. >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members five remarks and include any extraneous material that they have on hr 3302. mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. >> the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you very much, mr. speaker. today is bittersweet as we mark both the passing of a congressional stalwart, chairman c.w. bill young and name the main pints medical center in his honor. mr. speaker, while the rock numbers themselves may seek volumes for his dedication to america, it is his personal qualities that i admired the most. when i came to congress in 2001, bill young was one of the first members that welcomed me here, it was on this floor in this chamber that bill young introduced me to the members of this house the night i was sworn in. since then, i came to regard him not only as a mentor, not as a colleague, but a friend, a personal friend. chairman young served the 13

ms. brown: thank you, mr. speaker. i would like to discuss how the republican imposed house of representatives government shutdown is affecting our nation's veterans. just yesterday v.a. secretary shinseki testified in the veterans' affairs committee that several points straight ahead. if the shutdown continues, there will be over 3.8 million veterans who will not receive disability compensation payment. that means they will not get their checks in the mail. by november 1. 315 veterans and over 200,000 surviving spouse and dependents will not see her pension payments -- see their pension payments, education payments for more than half a million veterans using the g.i. bill will end. it's really very shameful that the republicans are doing this to our veterans. over $ billion in benefits and nearly -- $6 billion in benefits and nearly five million veterans and their families will not receive their pension payment. shame on the republican house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expire

. >> i would like to recognize ms. brown. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i would like before i ask my questions, the service organizations sent a letter to congress about supporting the bill onl the a -- v.a. the floor. is it possible that i could submit that to the record? thank you. about what a senator introduced, i don't want to talk about the senate. i want to talk about the house. the house of representatives where i serve. mr. secretary, my question to november or the third week in october, will 3.8 million veterans not get their checks in the mail? the benefits -- that is a nice thing, but checks are what they live on. most veterans that get those checks are on fixed income. explain to me how they are supposed to make it. effective 1oman, november, if we don't resolve this, those veterans will not .eceive pension compensation for veterans who are in school, ,heir education checks vocational rehab, those beneficiaries -- when you add surviving spouses and children, it is over 5 million. this is serious. i am hoping that the leadership of this commit

. >> now, ms. brown was 35, had a baby, believed to be less than a year old. the baby is in the care of relatives who told police they didn't know about any tension between the mother and her son. the police investigation continues. >>> an update on a story we told you about yesterday and showed you here on the ktvu channel 2 morning news on "mornings on 2." a man is recovering from very serious injuries after being shot in a road rage incident in fremont. it happened about 5:15 yesterday morning. the victim pulled off 680 onto mission boulevard. police say the shooter may have been angry because the victim was driving too slow. now, the shootert described as a -- shooter is described as a latino or portuguese man, 25 to 30, dark hair and with a widow's peak. if you have any information about this, get in contact with fremont police. >>> economists say twitter is trying to avoid the same criticism facebook received when it went public last year. twitter announced it's setting a price of $17 to $250 a share for its -- $20 a share for the public offering. the sa

ms. >> i like them. >> reporter: but not everyone likes the bright red, yellow, blue, green and brown m&ms sold in the. >> they are loaded with food dyes. >> reporter: michael jacobson is leading a campaign to convince the maker of m and ms to stop coloring the candy with artificial dyes like blue 1, yellow 5 and red 40. >> these food dyes trigger hyperactivity or other behavioral problems in children. >> reporter: the fda acknowledges that artificial dyes are a problem but only for some children. a report published two years ago found artificial dyes may exacerbate problems in children established to hyperactivity in other kids. however, that's already led to change in europe. products with artificial dyes there must carry a warning label. so to get around that, m&ms sold in europe are now colored with natural dyes that are a little less vibrant. >> why don't they do that here? why do we need chemicals? >> reporter: jacobson says it's largely about money. >> synthetic food dyes tend to be brighter, more stable and much cheaper than natural colorings. >> reporter: but many say it shouldn't be about mo

ms. brown: thank you, mr. speaker. let's be clear, god has blessed us with the best veterans in the world. but you know, you can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. and the veterans understand that if you vote for this bill, .t's a $6 billion cut what are you cutting? the office in charge of construction of v.a. facilities. office of inspector general. grants to the states for veterans' homes. cemeteries. state all veteran organizations have said there's a problem in the house of representatives. lack of leadership. bring a clean c.r. to the floor. let's vote it up. you are not fooling anybody. this is the republican right-wing that is bringing this terrible instance to this country. no reason. bring up a clean c.r. clean c.r. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from georgia eserves. mr. culberson: mr. speaker, i'd rise to simply say there are no cuts in the bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. culb

brownlee: but to put bill -- -- ms. brown lee: but to put -- ms. brownley: but to put bills on the floor when they do not is shameful. we should not be using fema and critical safety net programs as political footballs. mr. speaker, if we truly want to end this shutdown and help american families, we must allow a vote on the floor to end this government shutdown. let us do what e-- what we all know is right. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from nebraska seek reck nix? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house and rest rest -- and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from nebraska is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. we can continue to march ourselves town here and throw barbs and insults at one another while watching our meager approval rating fall from 0% to perhaps 5%. we can continue to do that. our maybe we can reframe this whole discussion and agree to something that we should keep working steadily to get this governm

. >> i'm happenmy to yield one fromte to the lady florida, ms. brown.a strong and consistent veterans.for >> the gentlewoman from florida is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. let's be clear. us with thessed best veterans in the world. but you know you can fool some timehe people some of the but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time. veterans understand that if they vote for this bill it is a $6 billion cut to veteran services. so now what are you cutting? cemeteried asim terry minute expectations? ofe office in charge construction of v.a. facilities. office of inspector general. states forthe veterans homes. grants to the state cemetery. organizationsans said that there is a problem in the house of representatives lack of leadership. bring a clean c.r. to the floor. let's vote it up. you are are not fooling anybody. is the republican isght-wing part that bringing this terrible instance to this country. no reason. up a clean c.r. please c.r. time hasentlelady's expired. the gentleman from georgia reserve? >> mr. speaker. i

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ms. corrine brown, mr. hastings, mr. mica, mr. crenshaw, mr. miller, mr. diaz-balart, ms. wasserman schultz, mr. bilirakis, mr. buchanan, ms. castor, mr. posey, mr. rooney, mr. deutch, mr. nugent, mr. ross, mr. southerland, mr. webster, ms. wilson, mr. grayson, mr. desantis, ms. frankel, mr. garcia, mr. murphy, mr. radel, mr. yoho. other members in attendance, mr. cantor, ms. pelosi, mr. hoyer, mr. mccarthy of california, mr. young of alaska, mr. sfwren, mr. rogers of kentucky, mr. wolf, mr. visclosky, mr. bishop of georgia, mr. calvert, mr. mckeon, mr. frelinghuysen, ms. jackson lee of texas, mr. lay them, mr. price of north carolina, mr. aderholt, ms. granger, mr. sessions, mr. carter, mr. cole, mr. king of iowa, mr. gohmert, mr. roe of tennessee, mr. nunnelee, and r. womack. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until approximately 4:00 p.m. toda house when members return at 4:00 p.m. eastern. off the floor lawmakers are holding a number of hearings ing problems with healthcare.gov. you can see the hearing liv

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ms, and sharing is the key. ♪ skinny so s ♪ skinny so skinny >>> welcome to "the skinny," everyone. and once again chris brown time apparently he's been arrested and charged with felony assault because he punched a man in the face and broke his nose. this according to the victim. this happened at 4:30 in the morning outside of the w hotel on k street in washington, d.c. and apparently what -- so according to chris brown's people, there were two ladies outside of the hotel trying to take a picture. the victim comes and tries to photo bomb the picture. chris doesn't like that, and he goes nuts. that's what the victim is saying. chris brown's people are saying that's not true. he was trying to get on chris brown's tour bus, and chris didn't like that and, therefore, he reacted. so there you have it. he is now facing these charges, and there was also apparently right before striking the man, he blurted out a gay slur where he said, i'm not into this gay bleep. i'm into boxing, so more on top of more piled on top of more and then a little more and then some more. so there you have it. mr. chris brown, by the way,